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Re: ATMEL 8051 8-bit + linux
- From: Scott Dattalo <scott at dattalo dot com>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 07:48:24 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] ATMEL 8051 8-bit + linux
On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Iztok Zupet wrote:
> On Sunday 20 October 2002 09:54, Karthik Bala Guru wrote:
> > Hi,
> > i know to work with ATMEL 8-bit 8051 microcontroller
> > and have done FLASH,EEPROM,LCD .... and many other
> > tiny interfaces with it.
> > How could i get into the nice linux world along
> > with microcontroller concepts ???
> >
> > I have knowledge in linux .
> >
> > Suggestions plz
> > karthik bala guru
>
> Hardly, because 8051 is not an GCC target. If You want to work with Linux for
> an 8 bit microcontroller, You should have used the ATMEL AVR series (they
> have built-in flash and eeprom and much m ore). The GCC works fine for those
> and there's already plenty of other linux tools.
>
> Perhaps take a look at <http://avr1.org> or <http://www.openavr.org>
Actually, for the 8-bit 8051 series (which is *not* AVR) you may wish to
consider SDCC instead:
http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/
Scott
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